Sorry for the long radio silence - I keep succumbing to these darn body snatchers of mine, and not being able to keep up. But I FINALLY made it back to FarWest Fibers on SE 26th in Portland on Friday May 31, 2013 again for the first time in months, and learned several juicy new things which you may already know. But for those that don't, or need a reminder, here they are:
a) China stopped buying their bulk low grade plastics recently, so they can no longer take ALL rigid plastics. Only better grade, known "species" and types as follows:
#1 & #2 bottles with screw top necks only, NO LIDS or caps. Also #1 CLEAR plastic items ONLY (e.g. fruit/cake trays/containers), must be #'d, and no colored items.
#4 & #5 bottles & tubs (no lids unless clearly marked with #4 or #5). Must have #4 or #5 on them.
Bulky rigid plastic items, e.g. garbage cans, lawn furniture, crates, buckets, play structures BUT...
No fiberglass, tool boxes, rubber garden hoses, flower or garden pots, coolers, 55 gallon drums.
b) They DO now take CLEAN styrofoam in 2 bins: white & all other colors. NO PEANUTS. This includes egg cartons and clean meat trays. (This was a nice surprise to me after saying no for years!)
c) They will STOP taking stretchy plastic film/bags as of June 10th, 2013. No idea why. But this is the same as what the grocery stores usually take back at their sites. Maybe that's why - they wish to handle less. I'll try to learn more unless someone beats me to it!
Obviously we all dearly hope and dream someone stateside will come up with a way to recycle all the other types of plastic they used to be able to take, especially #6 polystyrene clam shells. Toes crossed some smart American with ingenuity finds a way and creates a market for them. We can do this!
In the interest of getting this posted sooner than later that's all for now. But I'll try not to be such a stranger after this. The chances of my keeping this updated are slowly but steadily improving. To your health and mine (and Mother Earth's), keep recycling!
Jandroid June 1, 2013
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